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Cesaria Evora - Morna Blues
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Cesaria Evora - Morna Blues

2002-05-20 · 52 min · ★ 7.0

Music · Documentary

International success has put the heart-rending melodies of the morna, the Cape-Verdean blues, firmly on the world music map. At once generous and secretive, swaying to the rhythms of the waves, this film is made in the image of Cesaria Evora, the unchallenged queen of the morna.

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Directors
Bernard Berge
Production companies
Demos-Bard/Shanachie Productions
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Released

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Cesária ÉvoraCesária ÉvoraHerself

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